2 Chronicles 36:1-3

18. THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ (2 Chronicles 36:1-3)

TEXT

2 Chronicles 36:1. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2. Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3. And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

PARAPHRASE

2 Chronicles 36:1. Josiah's son Jehoahaz was selected as the new king. 2. He was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, but lasted only three months. 3. Then he was deposed by the king of Egypt, who demanded an annual tribute from Judah of $250,000.

COMMENTARY

Josiah's son, Jehoahaz, was put on Judah's throne during the crisis of Josiah's death. His name meant Jehovah hath grasped, or He has taken hold of me. The Egyptians asserted power over Jerusalem and took Jehoahaz (Joahaz) captive into Egypt. Eliakim (Jehoiakim) was Jehoahaz-' brother. After Jehoahaz had reigned only three months, the Egyptians put Eliakim on the throne.